Hello. I made another messenger bag. This one is for a friend. My friends husband asked me to make her a bag as a surprise and said her fav colours are red and black. He said he would pay but I don't think its good enough for that so I'm just gonna give it to her as a present.

I just want to know if it looks ok to give her. I've not made anything for anyone before so not sure if she will like it.

I made another bag! This is only the second thing I have ever made from scratch. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. I even put pleats in it. It also has a double layer of interfacing to make it a little bit bulkier and it had an inside pocket with popper and a phone pocket.

I made a messenger bag today! It's the first thing I have ever made from scratch. I ran into a few problems, (like sewing the handle inside out) and had to pick the stitches out which seemed to take forever! Arrgghh. I also made it weird too 'cos I was just going to make a mock up to see how to do it but then got carried away and added lining. Instead of making the outside then doing the lining the same, I sewed each piece to the lining and turned it then sewed the bits together. It don't look too bad I suppose but next time I will try and do the lining seperately. It has a pocket under the flap bit. I might do one inside yet but don't know if I can be bothered now lol. I also need to get a big popper to close it.Next time I now know to sew the pockets and poppers ect to the lining so the thread don't show on the outside. But oh well it's my first time. I'm allowed mistakes lol.

I bought a black shirtdress last year but it it was sooo plain I didn't bother wearing it. Anyways, inspired by my recent embroidery I thought I would do a little something on it. (Nothing as big as the other jacket I did, that was hard work!) Then I thought the back looked shapeless and boring so I sewed two strips of black material on it and added eyelets then threaded red ribbon through to match the colour on the front. Now I have a fake corset style shirt! On with the pics! (Sorry I forgot to take a pic of the before.)

I had a jacket someone gave me (I just love cast-offs) but it was a bit boring looking. So I embroidered a Butterfly on the back of it using satin stitch and chain stitch. I've never really embroidered before and ran into a few problems.Firstly I didn't know you had to put that paper backing stuff (I can't remember what it is called) in it to stop it bunching up and secondly I used metallic thread which was sooo annoying to use! The shiny part of the thread kept rolling back up itself so wouldn't pull through! I don't know if that makes sense but GGGRRR it was a pain!Then I used a chaos stitch round the edge to make it look, err, edgier!

Someone gave me a top that was really nice but it didn't have sleeves and I never wear tops without sleeves because I hate my flabby arms...So I cut it up and sewed it to another top. The black top was a little bit too short and kept riding up when I bent over. I also made braces from the red top and sewed them on, then added buttons.

Please excuse the bad picture and the dressing gown. Does it look OK to wear in public? I haven't worn it out yet 'cos I'm not sure if it looks silly.Please give me your honest opinons.Thanks for looking.